Celtic accepted a fee from Southampton, believed to be in excess of £12m, but the move broke down over personal terms.

That opened the door for Cardiff who have put in a £10m bid for the 21-year-old who scored against Barcelona in the Champions League, although Celtic are set to hold out for more given the size of the Southampton offer.

However, Wanyama’s representative Ivan Modia maintains there are no longer any talks with Southampton, with the player set to look elsewhere.

Modia said: “We are not in talks with Southampton and have not been since their final offer of terms, which was more than two weeks ago.

“The news of the fee being agreed may just be coming out now, but we see little sense in a fee being agreed if there is no reasonable prospect of the player’s terms being met.

“To suggest we are talking with Southampton is totally false, their offer was way below Victor’s expectations.

“There is no chance of him signing the deal on offer and, in fact, both Celtic and Southampton were informed of this some time ago.

“The player will not be forced into a corner to accept the Southampton deal, just because it is good for Celtic.

“Remember, he has been with the club for two years now – without a pay rise – and has given them wonderful service ever since he arrived.

“Added to this is the fact that by Celtic refusing him permission to join Queens Park Rangers last summer.

“Victor lost more than £1m in potential salary earnings – yet he just kept his mouth shut and continued to be a model professional.

“Many other players may not have adopted this attitude, in the circumstances.”

Wanyama, signed by Celtic from Belgian side Beerschot in 2011, will now take some time to decide on his future for next season.

“We know there is interest from elsewhere and Victor is obviously open to those prospects,” said Modia

“He is currently back in Kenya and hopes that Celtic will adopt a more reasonable approach and take into account the service that he has given the club so far and the rest of these issues.

“Nobody at Celtic can question his attitude and he is hopeful he can leave on good terms with the club.

“He loves the club and its fans, he’s played his heart out for the jersey, but he didn’t quite expect that it may end like this.”